Their Myth of "Democracy" and "Misinformation"
As we move further into the historic week of the SR Referendum, in pursuance of the anti-democratic UP Charter provision requiring such, the Iskolars ng Bayan are bombarded with leaflets-upon-leaflets...
View ArticleYES to a Democratic and Independent CRSRS!
Those who say NO have honestly not made a good case on why we should say no to the existing mechanism, on why it's allegedly so bad that we should risk vacancy and delay in the selection of a new SR....
View ArticleMy (hopefully) end note on the SR Referendum
A referendum is essentially a good thing. But this referendum doesn't exist in a vacuum.It comes at a time when there is a pending proposal in Congress to cut UP's maintenance and operating budget in...
View ArticleSTAND-UP: Strengthen our unity! Advance our struggle for greater victories!
Last week, we secured the historic success of the CRSRS (Codified Rules on Student Regent Selection) Referendum, a process that drew over 26,000 students from all over the nation, a resounding 73% if...
View ArticleCrumble Their Deception
Leadership and unity, as propounded by some political formations in campus, can never be conceived by mere grand statements and more so, claimed in the absence of praxis.For such calls must always be...
View ArticleSTAND-UP Campaign Trail: Day 12 (Feb. 20, '09)
Proclamation Rally at AS Steps, then a march around the Academic Oval
View ArticleCollective Action for Social Change
Those who profess the futility of collective action know nothing of their history. For the tide and ebb of world events are determined precisely by collective action.As one revolutionary put it, “The...
View ArticleDinner w/ STAND-UP sa USC '08 (Mar. 6, '09)
Night out with my STAND-UP colleagues in the University Student Council, and with some of our campaign managers when we ran last year. Senti mode.
View ArticleAround Old & Downtown Manila (Apr. 12, '09)
I just kept walking and walking around Quiapo, Intramuros, Binondo and Divisoria the entire day. Trip lang. I will write a more decent entry about this another time. It was quite tiring, but definitely...
View ArticleTo UPV Miag-ao, Iloilo (Apr. 13, '09)
Pictures from the trip to UP Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo from Manila for the KASAMA sa UP (Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP) National Council Meet and the GASC's (General Assembly of Student...
View ArticleGASC SR Selection 2009 (Apr. 14, '09)
At the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences in UP Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo.
View ArticleFrom Miag-ao to Culasi (Apr. 15, '09)
The long four-hour bus ride from Miag-ao, Iloilo to Culasi, Antique. During the trip, a guy sat near our group and claimed he was an aswang. Kami lang daw 'yung mga hindi aswang sa bus. He he.
View ArticleMalalison Island, Culasi, Antique (Apr. 16, '09)
Photos from Malalison Island, with a beach comparable to Boracay, 20 minutes from the town center of Culasi, Antique, and photos from the four-hour bus ride back to Iloilo City
View ArticleRizal Birth Anniv & Youth Action Day (Jun. 19, '09)
Kabataan Party-list commemorated last June 19, 2009 the 148th birth anniversary of national hero Jose Rizal and its founding anniversary with a Youth Action Day against the convening of a constituent...
View ArticleBig Binondo Food Wok (08/15/09)
The Big Binondo Food Wok is one of the "walking tours" of Old Manila Walks conducted by Ivan Mandy. The tour takes guests around the streets of Chinatown and allows them to take in the sights and...
View ArticleIsang Milyon, Isang Panata Launch (Aug. 20, '09)
Panata naming bumoto. Dahil ito ay di lamang payak na pagtatala ng mga pangalan Ang pagboto ay pag-gigiit Pag-gigiit sa ating tinig Pag-giit sa kapakanan At kinabukasan ng bayan Panata naming bantayan...
View ArticlePangsinan w/ Frat Batchmates (10/26/09)
A day after our trip to Batangas, I took a bus to Pangasinan to join my fraternity batchmates from UP Los Banos in a brief leisure outing. After a little more than four hours on the road from Manila, I...
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